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| runtime = 95 minutes<ref name="website">{ { Cite web|title=Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game|url=https://pinballfilm.com/|access-date=17 July 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626041717/https://pinballfilm.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> | country = | language = English | budget = | gross = }}Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is a 2022 biographical comedy-drama film directed and written by the Bragg brothers. The film stars Mike Faist. It is based on true events around the story of Roger Sharpe, GQ journalist and real-life "pinball wizard" who in 1976 helped overturn New York City's 35-year ban on pinball.Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game'' made its world premiere at the 2022 Hamptons International Film Festival. It was released in select theaters and VOD on March 17, 2023. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Cast
Mike Faist as Roger Sharpe
Dennis Boutsikaris as Mr. Sharpe
Crystal Reed as Ellen
Christopher Convery as Seth
Mike Doyle as Jack Haber
Damian Young as Ben Chikofsky
Bryan Batt as Harry Coulianos
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 94% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".